Steve Buscemi
Nikita Khrushchev
Simon Russell Beale
Lavrenti Beria
Jeffrey Tambor
Georgy Malenkov
Dermot Crowley
Lazar Kaganovich
Michael Palin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Paul Whitehouse
Anastas Mikoyan
Paul Chahidi
Nicolai Bulganin
Andrea Riseborough
Svetlana Stalin
Adrian McLoughlin
Josef Stalin
Jason Isaacs
Field Marshal Zhukov
Rupert Friend
Vasily Stalin
Olga Kurylenko
Maria Veniaminovna Yudina
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Nina Khrushchev
Justin Edwards
Spartak Sokolov, Conductor #1
Paul Ready
NKVD Officer Delov
Julia Mulligan
Woman in Layers of Clothes
Andrey Korzhenevskiy
Man in Layers of Clothes
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Musician #1
Andy Gathergood
Citizen Bundled Into Car
Alexander Piskunov
Young Man Snitch
Ruslav Neupokoev
Middle Aged Man
Alla Binieieva
Middle Aged Wife
Nicholas Woodeson
Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2
Elaine Caxton
Mrs. Bresnavich
George Potts
Concert Director
Cara Horgan
Lidiya Timashuk
Nicholas Sidi
NKVD Officer Kobulov
Jonny Phillips
NKVD Officer Pervak
June Watson
Matryona Petrovna
Adam Shaw
NKVD Guard Ilyin
Daniel Tuite
NKVD Officer Slimonov
Emilio Iannucci
Young Doctor
Daniel Booroff
Tall Doctor
Dan Mersh
Ice Hockey Coach
James Barriscale
Army General
Daniel Tatarsky
NKVD Officer at Dacha Gates
Diana Quick
Polina Molotova
Adam Ewan
Prisoner at Gulag
Michael Ballard
Volga Guard Chasov
Phil Deguara
Volga Guard Shulga
Katie McCreedy
Little Girl #2
Ewan Bailey
NKVD Officer Aslanov
Leeroy Murray
Zhukov's Chief of Staff
Keely Smith
Teenage Ostrich Girl
Sheng-Chien Tsai
Translator
Sergey Korshkov
NKVD Officer Fedin
Alexander Grigorivev
Father
Nastya Koshevatskaya
Daughter
Sebastian Anton
NKVD Colonel Entin
Nastya Karpenko
Little Girl #1
Gerald Lepkowski
Leonid Brezhnev
Daniel Chapple
Red Army General
Daniel Smith
Red Army Captain
Oleh Drach
Red Army Colonel
Daniel Fearn
Marshal Konev
Henry Helm
Child Mourner (uncredited)